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Lecture#05
Topic- Use of Articles
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Articles
The words a/an the are called Articles
A/An The + Common Singular Noun
Golden Structure for Articles
A/An=Indefinite Articles
A/An + Indefinite Common Singular noun
The= Definite Articles
A/An + Definite Common Singular noun
Indefinite common singular Noun Definite common singular Noun
1. River
1. Megna
2. City
2. Dhaka city
3. Train
3. Dhaka express
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Kinds of Noun
There are five kinds of Noun
1. Proper Noun
2. Common Noun
3. Collective Noun
4. Material Noun
5. Abstract Noun
Abstract
noun
evaluate the
others noun
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Kinds of Noun
There are five kinds of
Noun
1.Common Nouns:
A common noun is a
noun that names a
general thing, not a
specific thing.
Example: girl, boy, city,
day, river, month,
continent, etc.
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Kinds of Noun
There are five kinds of Noun
2. Proper Nouns:
A proper noun is a noun that
indicates the specific name of a
thing. It begins with a capital letter.
Examples: Sharuk, katrina, Dhaka,
Bangladesh…………
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Kinds of Noun
There are five kinds
of Noun
3. Collective Nouns:
A countable noun that
denotes a group of
individuals
Example:
Family, key branch, team
etc.
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Kinds of Noun
There are five kinds
of Noun
4. Material Nouns:
A countable noun that
denotes a group of physical
thing.
Chair, table, pen etc.
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Kinds of Noun
There are five kinds
of Noun
5. Abstract Nouns
Abstract Nouns An abstract
noun is a noun that names
an idea, not a physical
thing.
Examples:
Hope, interest, love, peace,
ability, success, knowledge,
trouble.
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An-, A-
Letter=26, Consonant=21, Vowel=5 [Vowel-A/E/I/O/U]
A dog, An Egg
2. Word-
Letter-
Vowel-
,
An-, A-।
Abbreviation
An M.A
3. Word-
H-, H-
,
A-
, An-
A hawker, An honest
4. Word-
Letter-
!-
,
A-
, An-
A University.
One=A
I have a one taka note.
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Use of A/An
R#02
#$ % A/An-
I have a pen. The pen is very nice.
R#03
!'/ A/An-
The train runs 80 kms an hour. He comes home twice a week
R#04
Sentence- Dozen/hundred/thousand/million ,
A- [but not use if have s/es]
I have bought a dozen eggs.
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Use of A/An
R#05
Sentence- cough/cold/headache/hurry/temper/rage/interest
,
A/An-
He is a temper.
R#06
Sentence- number of/amount of/lot of/good deal/good
many/great deal/great many/few/little ,
A/An- [if specific
number of-the]
I have a number of relations.
The number of people is poor.
R#07
Sentence- what/half/many/such/rather/quite/as/as/so/too/how
,
)
A/An-
What a nice bird it is!
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Use of A/An
R#08
)
* +/) ),- A/An-
A Mr. Kamrul Hassan came to see you.
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Use of The
R#01
-. +//
),- The-
Only Common Singular noun
R#02
0/1 ),- The-
The bangles are intelligence but idle.
R#03
Sentence- Holy books/newspaper/ships/trains/aero-planes/space
craft/famous building/ rivers/seas/oceans/ gulfs/ mountain ranges/ groups of
islands/ deserts and directions [Not use before single
mountain/islands/capes/lakes]
,
),- The-
The bay of bangle is to the south of Bangladesh.
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Use of The
R#04
Singular common noun- 2 0 -3
,
),- The-
[not use man/women]
The cow is useful animal.
R#05
43 56 The-
The rich are not always happy.
R#06
7* 8 The-
He is the first boy of the class.
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Use of The
R#07
9
3 :
; The-
The Punjab, the decean
R#08
Proper noun-
$ The-
London is the Sylet of Bangladesh.
R#09
Superlative degree-
= The-
He is the most familiar person in our country.
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Use of The
R#10
; 04 % #,
),- The-
Look at the moon.
R#11
0? 3 =@,
),- The-
The U.S.A
R#12
)3
),- The-
He likes the teaching as his career.
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Use of The
R#13
AB
),- The-
He plays the guitar.
R#14
road-
),- The- [but not use before-street/ avenue/
park/ place/ square
The high way road
Golshan Avenue.
R#15
The-
The more you read, the more you will learn.
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Omission of Articles
R#01
Proper Noun/Plural Common Noun/Collective Noun/Abstract
Noun/Material Noun/Plural Noun-
),- Articles
Dhaka/Iron/Cows/Honesty
R#02
Sentence- Botanical
garden/Building/Road/Hospital/Avenue/Market/School/College/University/Bed
/Prison/Mosque/Church/Court ,
),- Articles
I read in—college.
R#03
8
),- Articles-
She will invite me to—diner.
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Omission of Articles
R#04
Sentence-
Man/Women/Father/Mother/Brother/Sister/Uncle/Aunt/Child
--Man is mortal.
R#05
C4
),- Articles
I can speak in—English.
R#06
=
),- Articles ,-[but for these-the
plague/ the mumps/ the measles/ the gout]
--Cancer is a fatal disease.
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22. Articles
I like—cricket.
R#08
/
Articles
--January is the first month of the year.
R#09
/
Articles
--Eid is the biggest religious festival of the Muslims
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Omission of Articles
R#10
Idiom/Phrase-
Articles
They live—from hand to mouth.
R#11
Sentence-Adjective ,
Articles
I am—innocent.
R#12
Articles
[but other home
use article]
I came home and took rest.
I went to the room of my friend.
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